Martin's Early Years
Martin spent his childhood and teenage years in this city?
What is Chicago Heights?
This is where Martin served a mission.
What is the Roseville, California mission?
Martin's favorite grandchild is named this.
Who is Katelyn?
Grandpa David Egbert's Parents are _____ and _____. (first, middle, and last names)
Who are Samuel Roy Egbert and Margaret Morrell Egbert.
Grandma Marva Egbert's parents are _____ and ____. (first, middle, and last names)
Who are William Hazen Hillyard and Ruby Nilson Hillyard?
Martin was born in this city.
What is Pittsburgh?
This was what Martin got his bachelors degree in
What is Zoology
Martin does this for work.
What is Builds apartment complexes? He has built 57ish? (dad is that right?)
Archibald Gardner had this many children from his 11 wives.
What is 48? (+ 2 adopted)
Marva and David were married in this temple.
What is the Logan, Utah Temple?
Martin took this type of transportation to get from Chicago to Logan to work on the farm?
What is a train?
This is the apartment complex that Martin met Allyson
What is the Elms?
Martin is apart of many BYU councils. One of them is...
What is The NAC (national advisory council for the business school)?
...IAC (International Advisory Committee for the law school)?
...PLC (president's leadership council)?
Ebenezer Bryce and Mary Ann Park had a ranch that backed up to what is now known as this National Park.
What is Bryce Canyon National Park?
This ancestor went with a group of 30 missionaries to establish the Mormon Fort.
Who is Albert Miles?
Martin's Junior High and High School were both named this.
What is Floosmore?
Carol and Martin showed up in roller skates to a ward party in college dressed up as this famous brother/sister duo.
Who are Donnie and Marie Osmond
Martin does this every Wednesday night.
What is serves in the temple?
This ancestor served in the Mormon Battalion and could not get word to his wife that he had survived. His wife, Seviah, decided to go west on her own praying that she would see him again. While crossing the planes, a man came from the opposite direction and said, "here is a letter from [your husband] to you." It said that he was well and that he would meet her at the head of the Sweetwater. She later went to re-read the letter and could not find it. When the Saints finally arrived at the Sweetwater, the couple was reunited. This ancestor said he had never written a letter, nor had the chance to send one. For years they both marveled over this experience.
Who is Robert Egbert?
In January of 1856, this ancestor went with 8 missionaries to visit the Paiute Indians. Once they arrived the Indians told the missionaries that the chiefs child was sick. The Indians believed that the great spirit was mad that they allowed white men onto their land and that if the child died, they were all to be killed. The 8 missionaries gave the child a blessing and the child was healed. The missionaries and this ancestor were free to go.
Who is Albert Miles?
Martin's poodle's name growing up was this.
Who is Tina?
This is the name of the attic that Martin lived in during college.
What is the Garlic Up?
This is the name of the organization that Martin works with to help children's feet with clubfoot.
What is the Ponseti International Assosiation or the Ponseti method?
This ancestor wanted to be baptized, but is was winter in Canada and she was desperately ill. Neighbors said that if the family put her in the water that they would try them for murder, as she would surely die. After cutting a hole in the ice, this 66 yr old woman was baptized in a crowd of doubters. One man declared that if she did not die that night, that he would become a Mormon. The next day, while walking to her daughters house, she met the doubting man from her baptism. He looked at her as if she had seen a ghost and nodded to her but did not speak. He never did join the church.
Who is Margaret Callender Gardner?
While crossing the plains, the Henry Miller company had an order to not travel or work on Sundays. One Sunday morning a woman was seen washing clothes. Richard Harper was assigned to investigate and see who was washing clothes on the sabbath. Richard Harper discovered the woman to be washing clothes to be his wife, __________.
Susann Faulkner Harper.